In its short history, Borouge has made progressinve growth steps.
Briefly, these are:

March 2007

7 Million Manhours achieved at Ruwais plant with zero Lost Time Accident (LTA).

February 2007

Completion of the construction of the Spare (Sixth) Furnace aimed at supporting the current five furnaces and covering the capacity dip during the decoking process, retubing and other shut-downs of the running furnaces.

February 2007

Borouge and Linde Group with CCC signed a contract worth approximately US$1.3 billion for the construction of a new Ethylene Cracker, which is considered the largest grass roots gas cracker in the world with a capacity of 1.5 million tonnes per annum.

December 2006

Borouge and Borealis made history by being the first in the Gulf region to sign the Responsible Care Global Charter, which is the chemical industry’s global voluntary initiative under which companies, through their national associations, work together to continuously improve their HSE performance, and to communicate with stakeholders about their products and processes.

December 2006

Official recognition of the ISO14001 Certification.

February 2006

The Feed contract for the OCU was awarded to APP Lummus Global Inc.

The contract to start the FEED for the Polyolefin units was awarded to Fluor Mideast Ltd.

A contract was awarded to MWH to carry out the study of Health, Safety & Environment Impact Assessments (HSEIA) for the facilities and the lenders.

Maersk Logistics was selected as Borouge's Supply Chain Study Consultant to advice on the Supply Chain concept for Borouge2 Products.

November 2005

Borouge issued and Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) tender for the ethylene cracker.

October 2005

The Front End Engineering and Design (FEED) for Utilities and Offsite (U&O) Option in the PMC were exercised.

September 2005

The Licence Agreement for the Olefins Conversion Unit (OCU) was concluded with ABB Lummus Global Inc. Work will commence over a period of seven months to develop the Process Design Package (PDP) from their offices in Bloomfield, the US.

July 2005

Project Management PMC agreement was awarded to Foster Wheeler. HSBC was selected as the Financial Advisor for the project.

July 2005

Borouge announced plans to progress with “Step 3”, major expansion of capacity scheduled for completion in 2010. The project, located at the Ruwais Site will include 1.4 million tones of ethylene and associated downstream Borstar technology PE and PP units.

March 2005

Polyethylene capacity in Ruwais is increased to meet market demand from 450,000 to 600,000 tonnes in "Step 2" expansion.

June 2004

1 million tonnes of production in Ruwais achieved.

December 2003

Borouge announces the intention to expand existing Borstar capacity from 450,000 tonnes to 600,000 tonnes per annum and feasibility studies to form a 1.4 milltion tonnes world scale petrochemical complex at Ruwais, Abu Dhabi in the UAE

October 2002

Inauguration of Borouge's petrochemical complex in Ruwais, Abu Dhabi, UAE. ISO 9001:2000 certification achieved by Sales & Marketing and Production companies.

January 2002

Borouge begins exports of its first shipment of polyethylene from the Ruwais plant.Borouge and Borealis combine sales and marketing activities in the Middle East and Asia Pacific. Borouge now oversees the marketing of Borealis’ entire range of polyolefins in the region.

December 2001

Borouge’s petrochemical complex in Ruwais successfully started up. It was completed within budget and schedule. Cracker and PE lines exceeded design capacity in first 5 months.

March 2000

Borouge’s mission statement defining its responsibilities to employees, customers, shareholders and community, was unveiled.

June 1999

Borouge awarded the contract to build its two Borstar polyethylene lines to Tecnimont SpA of Italy.

November 1998

The contract to build a world-class ethylene cracker in Ruwais petrochemical complex in Abu Dhabi, U.A.E. was awarded to Alliance Bechtel/ Linde (ABL).

May 1998

Creation of Borouge.